If the World Were a Village of 100 People, Comfort is Not the Norm

[tekisui]

As we think and talk about wealth, here's a healthy dose of perspective.

If we could reduce the world’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, the demographics would look something like this:

The village would have 60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, 8 Latin Americans, 5 from the USA and Canada, and 1 from the South Pacific

51 would be male, 49 would be female

82 would be non-white; 18 white

67 would be non-Christian; 33 would be Christian

80 would live in substandard housing

67 would be unable to read

50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation

33 would be without access to a safe water supply

39 would lack access to improved sanitation

24 would not have any electricity (And of the 76 that do
have electricity, most would only use it for light at night.)

7 people would have access to the Internet

1 would have a college education

1 would have HIV

2 would be near birth; 1 near death

5 would control 32% of the entire world’s wealth; all 5 would be US citizens

33 would be receiving --and attempting to live on-- only 3% of the income of “the village”

more at link: http://www.familycare.org/news/if_the_world.htm

[tekisui]

1. Bumping in search of one more rec.-eom.

[scarletwoman]

2. I already rec'd, but I'll help ya kick. (nt)

[RB TexLa]

3. There you go, K & R

[AmBlue]

4. .

[raccoon]

5. "This world is long on hunger, This world is short on joy."

Soldier of Plenty, by Jackson Browne.

K&R.

[spinbaby]

6. And Snopes says...

Not Quite.

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/populate.asp